dary until
technical errors made by the EEBC that ignored "human geography" are
addressed, including the award of Badme, the focus of the 1998-2000
war; Eritrea insists that the EEBC decision be implemented
immediately without modifications; Ethiopia has only an
administrative line and no international border with the Oromo
region of southern Somalia where it maintains alliances with local
clans in opposition to the unrecognized Somali Interim Government in
Mogadishu; "Somaliland" secessionists provide port facilities and
trade ties to landlocked Ethiopia; the UNHCR expects most of the
remaining 23,000 Somali refugees in Ethiopia to be repatriated in
2005; efforts to demarcate the porous boundary with Sudan have been
delayed by civil war

Europa Island
claimed by Madagascar

European Union
the EU has no border disputes with neighboring
countries; it has set up a Schengen area - consisting of 13 EU
member states that have signed the convention implementing the
Schengen agreements (1985 and 1990) on the free movement of persons
and the harmonization of border controls in Europe; the Schengen
agreements ("acquis") became incorporated into EU law with the
implementation of the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam on 1 May 1999; member
states are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden;
in addition, non-EU states Iceland and Norway (as part of the Nordic
Union) have been included in the Schengen area since 1996 (full
members in 2001), bringing the total current membership to 15; the
UK (since 2000) and Ireland (since 2002) take part in some aspects
of the Schengen area, especially with respect to police and criminal
matters; the 10 new member states that joined the EU in 2004
eventually are expected to participate in Schengen, following a
transition period to upgrade their border controls and procedures

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Argentina, which claims the
islands in its constitution and briefly occupied the islands by
force in 1982, agreed in 1995 to no longer seek settlement by force;
UK continues to reject Argentine requests for sovereignty talks

Faroe Islands
because anticipated offshore hydrocarbon resources
have not been realized, earlier Faroese proposals for full
independence have been deferred; Iceland disputes the Faroe Islands'
fisheries median line bo